In Brussels on Friday 27 January, several EU finance ministers expressed the view that the current system of own resources is working well.
The report of the high-level group on the own resources of the EU, for its part, takes the view that certain existing own resources have proved their worth, but it would be sensible to create new ones (see EUROPE 11701).
The very least that can be said is that the members of the Ecofin Council did not show a great deal of enthusiasm to change the system...